First time posting in the CISSP

I have been reading the posts and they are very helpful in my studies for the my cissp.

I started to study in December and now it is almost 5 months, I have read shon harris aio page by page then watched the nuggets videos.

I started taking the cccc practice exams 50 questions at a time in each domain and now I'm getting mid 80s and 90s.

I also got the 300 questions samples from ISC2, the first 100 questions I took I got a 56 and you are suppose to get at least 65 to pass.
The next day I took it again and I got a 100, two days later I took it again and I got a 100. I

I'm at a point where I'm doubting myself, not sure if I know the answers because I remember the answer or I know the concepts,. anyone
else felt this way? I also feel like I'm burned out, and I may have forgotten the other domains by now but a friend of mine said it is all in my head and when I sit the exam end of this month I should do fine.

I guess I wanted to know if everyone else felt like this before the exam ?

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CISPhD

I had similar feelings of doubt, but found that my scores of mid-80s across all test engines (stuISCope, Shon Harris, CCCure) was enough to land me pass on the exam this past Saturday.

Humbe

I was averaging in the high 80s with the CCCure questions and sometimes 90s when I took the CISSP and passed it without any issues.

Hope that helps.

webgeek

Good luck!

tony71

That makes me feel better.

Thanks for the feedback.

The practice tests you guys took was it on all domains with 250 questions or fewer questions?

Today I took the other 100 ISC2 questions and I got 72 needed 65 to pass.

Would you guys recommened the Transcender practive exam or the ISC2? The ISC2 seems to be easy and from what I heard they are the retired questions from the actual exam but I'm starting to doubt they are. I'm thinking getting the Transcender exams now.

Any advise would be appreciated.

tony71

Congrats on passing !

CISPhD wrote: »

I had similar feelings of doubt, but found that my scores of mid-80s across all test engines (stuISCope, Shon Harris, CCCure) was enough to land me pass on the exam this past Saturday.

tony71

That does help alot.

Humbe wrote: »

I was averaging in the high 80s with the CCCure questions and sometimes 90s when I took the CISSP and passed it without any issues.

Hope that helps.

ssehg

Five months is a good period. If you have read Shon Harris page by page , I think you are ready for final plunge.
All the best.

tony71

I read it but now I just don't want to even look at it. I think she overdid it with that book.